In the year 1953
395 Notable deaths
Albert Austin
English actor (1881–1953).
Born December 13th, 1881 in Birmingham.
Died August 17th, 1953 at 71 years old in North Hollywood.
Sven Gustaf Wingqvist
Swedish engineer (1876–1953).
Born December 10th, 1876 in Kumla.
Died April 17th, 1953 at 76 years old in Vasa parish.
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
American patron of music (1864–1953).
Born October 30th, 1864 in Chicago.
Died November 4th, 1953 at 89 years old in Cambridge.
Friedrich Wolf
German writer (1888-1953).
Born December 23rd, 1888 in Neuwied.
Died December 5th, 1953 at 64 years old in Lehnitz (myocardial infarction).
Nikolay Zelinsky
Russian chemist.
Born February 6th, 1861 in Tiraspol.
Died July 31st, 1953 at 92 years old in Moscow.
Alice Eastwood
Canadian american botanist (1859-1953).
Born January 19th, 1859 in Toronto. [ref]
Died October 30th, 1953 at 94 years old in San Francisco. [ref]
Grigori Voitinsky
Russian communist official (1893-1953).
Born April 17th, 1893 in Nevel.
Died June 11th, 1953 at 60 years old in Moscow.
Arthur Hoyt
Actor (1874-1953).
Born March 19th, 1874 in Georgetown.
Died January 4th, 1953 at 78 years old in Woodland Hills.
Pierre Dupong
Prime minister of luxembourg (1885-1953).
Born January 11th, 1885 in Heisdorf.
Died December 23rd, 1953 at 68 years old in Luxembourg.
Nikolay Punin
Russian art historian.
Born November 28th, 1888 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died August 21st, 1953 at 64 years old in Vorkuta Gulag, Abez labor camp. [ref]
Deaths 171 to 180 of 395
Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris